Camera-support.



No. 627,629. Ptented 11111527, I899.

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CAMERA SUPPORT.

(Application filed Feb. 16, 1898.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets8heet I.

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No. 627,629. Patentd June 27, I899. H. w. voss.

-CAMERA SUPPORT.

(Application filed Feb. 16, 1898.)

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UNITED STA S PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN w. voss', or NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAM ERA-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,629, dated June 27, 1899.

Application filed February 16, 1898. Serial No. 670,480- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN W. Voss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Camera-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention, is to provide an adjustable support for cameras, whereby the camera may be readily adjusted to any angle relative to the support, and thereby avoid the necessity of adjusting the legs of the tripod, and also with means for permitting the camera to be rotated on 'its support without disturbing its angular, adjustment.

In carrying my invention into effect I provide a universal joint between the camerabase and the support or tripod, a device for lockin g the universal joint to lock the camera in the adj usted position, and a support upon which the universal joint may be rotated, so that the camera may be moved over a wide range without disturbing its adjustment.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation and partial ver-' A represents the camera, having a base-board A, to which is secured a concave plate B. This plate is seated on a convex support 0,

which is in the form of a hollow cone, through which passes a rod D, having a hooked end d, which is passed through an opening bin the concave plate B and turned so as to rest between the two projections b. The lower end of the rod D is screw-threaded and receives a thumb-nut E, having a spherical end 6, which is screwed against the concave seat .formed at the lower end of the cone 0 to clamp the concave and convex members B and 0 together.. The convex member 0 is seated upon a ringer base plate F and held in position thereon by a ring G, which is secured to the member 0 by screws or in any other suitable way. The member 0 is free to rotate on the ring F to revolve the camera on its support or tripod without disturbing its angular adjustment.

H is a thumb-screw adapted to be screwed against the under side of the member C to clamp the same in position when desired.

The legs I of the tripod, which may be of any suitable form, are attached to the ring F by means of plates J, having pins J ,'upon which the legs'are pivoted. v

In Fig. 1 the camera is shown in a horizontal position, and to adjust it at any desired angle or to return it to the horizontal from an angular position the thumb nut E is screwed down to unlock the members B and C, whereupon the camera may be tilted upward or downward. The camera when adjusted is locked in position by screwing the and then by turning the rod the hooked end So will drop through the opening b, when the camera, with the concave member B, is free to be removed from the tripod. 'It will be evident that instead of securing the concave the board A may form part of the universal joint or support, as shown in Fig. 5, and that a camera may be clamped to the board A" in any suitable manner.

the ring F. For this purpose the board A is 9 5 provided with a ring A which rests upon the flange of concave member B and held in po sition by three c1ipsA which permit a rotary movement of the board upon member B. To

clamp board A in position, one of the clips too is provided with a thumb-screw H, which forces the flange of member B firmly against ring A The convex member 0 is secured upon the ring F, to which the legs I of the trimember 13 to the base-board A of the camera In Figs. 5 and 6 the concave member is not 0 pod are pivoted. The concave and convex members are clamped in their adjusted positions by rod D and thumb-nut E, which devices are arranged and operated as in Fig. 1.

' \Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination in a camera-support, of a camera-supporting board, a concave joint member rigid in said board, a convex jointmember engaging the same, the two joint members being relatively movable, a radial clamping-rod engaging the concave joint member, an adj Listing-screw on the clampingrod, an element carried by the convex joint member and with which said adj listing-screw engages to clamp the two ends together, and a relatively stationary ring on which the convex joint member is mounted and with respect to which said joint member is rotatable, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a camera-support,of a camera=supporting board, a concave joint member rigid in said board, a convex joint member engaging the same, the two members being relatively movable and the convex ,member being provided with a hollow conical extension, a clamping-rod in said conical extension engaging the concave joint member, an adjusting-screw on the lower end of said clamping-rod, and a spherical end on said adjusting-screw engaging the lower end of said conical extension, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a camera-support,of a camera-supporting board, a concave joint member rigid in said board, a convex joint member engaging the same, the two joint members being relatively movable and the convex member being provided with a hollow conical extension, a clamping-rod in said conical extension engaging the concave joint member, an adj usting-screw on the clampingrod engaging the said conical extension to clamp the two members together, and a relatively stationary ring on which the convex joint member is mounted and with respect to which the said joint member is rotatable, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in a camera-support,of a camera-supporting board, a concave .joint member rigid in said board, a convex joint member engaging the same, the two joint members being relatively movable and the convex member being provided with a hol low conical extension, a clamping-rod in said conical extension engaging the concave joint member, an adj Listing-screw on the clampingrod engaging the said conical extension to clamp the two members together, a relatively stationary ring on which the convex joint member is mounted and with respect to which the said jointmember is rotatable, and means for locking the convex joint member to said ring, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 31st day of January, 1898.

' HERMAN XV. VOSS.

\Vitnesses:

II. F. METCALF, .T. W. Wool). 

